Opinion Border infrastructure lacking Essential services, such as quarantine operations, phytosanitary controls and food safety inspections, take significantly longer time due to staff shortages and the lack of dedicated offices at border points. Banking facilities are also unavailable at most stations.
Feb 23, 2026
Opinion WSSP neglect harms health This reflects a lack of proper planning rather than a lack of intent.
Feb 22, 2026
Opinion Laptop scheme exclusion The Government of Pakistan has introduced several initiatives to promote education and digital learning across the country.
Feb 22, 2026
Opinion Appeal to reconsider new border crossing policy at Pak-Iran border For centuries, the people living along both sides of the border have shared deep-rooted familial, social, and religious ties.
Feb 22, 2026
Opinion Prestige gone In 2024, I was informed that my account had been upgraded to ‘prestige banking’.
Feb 20, 2026
Opinion Qasimabad traffic hazard The relevant authorities should ensure proper enforcement of parking and zoning laws, and protect public roads for their intended use.
SHAHNAWAZ BHATT
Feb 20, 2026
Opinion National regulator for NTCAM The proposed law aims at creating a NTCAM Council to regulate all recognised alternative medicine systems under one framework.
Feb 20, 2026
Opinion Karachi’s broken streets Deaths, directly linked with the hazardous condition of Karachi, are neither new nor rare.
Feb 19, 2026
Opinion Surveillance needed In recent months, there has been an increase in theft and other criminal activities in Turbat.
Feb 19, 2026
Opinion Peace beyond rhetoric Peace cannot flourish in an environment where power outweighs principle and profit eclipses humanity.
Feb 19, 2026
Opinion Paperless only on paper The solution lies in institutional reforms in the shape of inter-departmental integration.
Feb 18, 2026
Opinion Ubauro drowns in neglect the Ubauro taluka of Ghotki district in Sindh has been submerged in administrative apathy.
Feb 18, 2026